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Jacques-Germain Soufflot

1713 - 1780

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Jacques-Germain Soufflot (French pronunciation: [ʒak ʒɛʁmɛ̃ suflo], 22 July 1713 – 29 August 1780) was a French architect in the international circle that introduced neoclassicism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacques-Germain Soufflot has received more than 118,123 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques-Germain Soufflot is the 123rd most popular architect (up from 130th in 2019), the 1,455th most popular biography from France (up from 1,481st in 2019) and the 18th most popular French Architect.

Jacques-Germain Soufflot is most famous for designing the church of the parish of Saint-Etienne-du-Mont in Paris.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Jacques-Germain Soufflot ranks 123 out of 518. Before him are Hemiunu, Carl Gotthard Langhans, Toyo Ito, Peter Eisenman, Leo von Klenze, and Robert Koldewey. After him are Eliel Saarinen, Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Dinocrates, Eero Saarinen, Gunnar Asplund, and Camillo Sitte.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1713, Jacques-Germain Soufflot ranks 6. Before him are Denis Diderot, Ferdinand VI of Spain, Laurence Sterne, Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille, and Alexis Clairaut. After him are John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Junípero Serra, Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha, Johann Ludwig Krebs, and Guillaume Thomas François Raynal. Among people deceased in 1780, Jacques-Germain Soufflot ranks 7. Before him are Maria Theresa, Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, Bernardo Bellotto, Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine, Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria, and Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont. After him are Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena, Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Victor Amadeus II, Prince of Carignano, Johann Ludwig Krebs, and Kristijonas Donelaitis.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques-Germain Soufflot ranks 1,455 out of 6,770. Before him are Jacques MacDonald (1765), Bernard de Tremelay (1100), Michèle Mouton (1951), Vincent d'Indy (1851), Yvette Guilbert (1865), and Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière (1734). After him are Alain Giresse (1952), Charles-Michel de l'Épée (1712), Joan, Countess of Flanders (1200), Paul Scarron (1610), Theobald II, Count of Champagne (1093), and Louise Marie Thérèse of Artois (1819).

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Among ARCHITECTS In France

Among architects born in France, Jacques-Germain Soufflot ranks 18. Before him are Claude Perrault (1613), Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (1700), Claude Nicolas Ledoux (1736), Ange-Jacques Gabriel (1698), Étienne-Louis Boullée (1728), and Lúcio Costa (1902). After him are Charlotte Perriand (1903), Philibert de l'Orme (1514), Jean Chalgrin (1739), Paul Abadie (1812), Jacques-François Blondel (1705), and François Blondel (1618).

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